Couper Collection

The Couper Collection is an internationally exhibited collection of artwork and installations by the British artist Max Couper, as well as a venue for exhibitions and events by other artists, and youth art education projects.

Based in Hove, Sussex since 2022, the Couper Collection for many years exhibited its art in a floating gallery on converted barges, moored on the banks of the Thames in Battersea, London.

Between 2001 and 2003 the Collection was a Focus Site of the London String of Pearls Golden Jubilee Festival, Patron Prince Charles.

The Couper Collection Diamond Jubilee Bridge was launched in a ceremony during the sail by Queen Elizabeth II and Charles, Prince of Wales during the 2012 Thames Jubilee Pageant.

Works

Major works by Max Couper and the Couper Collection include:

  • Couper's new artwork & costumes at Galerie Verbeeck Van Dyke, Antwerp (2021)
  • Couper Collection's children's art exhibitions with the National Portrait Gallery London (2002)
  • Couper's Thames Fleeting Opera with the Royal Opera House and Judi Dench (2000)
  • Couper's exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MuHKA), Antwerp (1996)
  • Couper's exhibition at the Sprengel Museum, Hanover (1997)
  • Couper's exhibition at the Lehmbruck Museum of sculpture, Duisburg (1997)

Challenged mooring rights & closure 2014–2022

In 2006, the Couper Collection was involved a dispute with Hutchison Whampoa and the Port of London Authority regarding a land claim at Albion Riverside and Foster and Partners's plans to remove the charity's barges.[1] Foster's lawyers, Farrer & Co, put in objections to the UK Land Registry.[2] Max Couper claimed "ancient mooring rights", but in 2013 Justice Arnold ruled that the barges should be removed,[3] and Hutchison Whampoa sought to enforce the ruling with a further High Court order to "dispose of or destroy" the gallery. The PLA offered alternative mooring sites, which Couper declined.[1]

The litigation was long, and complex. Proceedings were first issued in 2006.[4] The final judgement in the litigation was later in 2017, when Couper attempted to sue his solicitors and counsel in the earlier proceedings.[5]

The vessels have been sold.[6]

The Collection was re-incorporated in 2020 as a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC). Registered as The Couper Collection Sussex CIC, its current directors in 2023 are Tim French MBE, Max Couper and Magdalena Couper.

References

  1. ^ a b Farrell, Jeff; Jury, Louise (23 October 2014). "Judi Dench protests against floating art gallery eviction". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ Leake, Jonathan (26 September 2004). "Foster vision could sink an art gallery". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Couper & Anor v Albion Properties Limited & Ors [2013] EWHC 2993 (Ch)". Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Couper & Anor v Albion Properties Limited & Ors [2017] EWHC 22 (Ch) at 1". Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Couper v Irwin Mitchell LLP & Ors [2017] EWHC 3231 (Ch)". Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Couper & Anor v Albion Properties Limited & Ors [2017] EWHC 22 (Ch) at 17". Retrieved 22 November 2020.

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